Day One 2025
Happy New Year. May 2025 bring good health and enough joys to brighten the path of existence. Photo by Anadolu/Getty Images, posted at theguardian.com:
Headline from nypost.com: “NYC men complain dating is too expensive — ‘It takes me about $1,000 to realize I don’t really like somebody’.” As if dating itself isn’t enough of a nightmare.
Excerpts from a foxnews.com article by Audrey Conklin, edited by yours truly: “An organized theft ring with at least 14 members nationwide is accused of stealing nearly $5 million worth of vehicles from the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport between 2023 and November 2024… 52 cars…total loss $4.9 million… used Autel devices — auto diagnostic tools — to reprogram key fobs…” Three slimes have been busted, eleven others are under suspicion.
RIP actor Angus MacInnes, 77. Born in Windsor, Ontario, his career spans 1975 to the present, one work to be released posthumously. He was active on the big and small screen, 80 titles under his name at IMDb. He appeared in many notable films, among them Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1974), Force Ten from Navarone (1978), Atlantic City (1980), Outland (1981), Witness (1985), The Krays (1990), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Hellboy (2004), Captain Phillips (2013), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). He owned a pizzeria in Scotland. He was a married father. Well done, Sir. Photo from GI:
RIP MLB stalwart Charlie Maxwell, 97. Born in Paw Paw, which is 20.5 miles from where I went to college in Kalamazoo, Michigan, his dad was a farmer. The town, population 3389 as of 2023, became one of his nicknames. He bounced around for several years between the minors and majors, serving as Ted Williams “caddy” in Boston. In 1951 he hit pinch home runs off Bob Feller, Bob Lemon and Satchel Paige — wow! His career took off in ’56 as a member of the Tigers. The two-time All-Star had an odd propensity of hitting homers on Sunday, which earned him the nickname The Sabbath Slugger. Of his 148 dingers, 40 came on Sunday. He played for Detroit until 1962, then finished his 14-year career with the White Sox. His final BA was .264. He is a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. After his retirement from baseball, he worked as a salesman. Married for more than 70 years, he was a father of four. He was loved in southwestern Michigan. Well done, Sir. Photo from GI:
With the possibility of harsh wintry weather putting the kibosh on the Anti-Inflation Book Shop for a long stretch, I felt compelled to open up today despite the holiday. There were far less people out and about. My thanks to the gentleman who bought paperback thrillers by Fern Michaels and John Connally. Last time, if I remember correctly, the polar vortex did not affect NYC. Will we be lucky again?
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